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LONE STAR: Fire pit, Ping Pong, fun, Lake Hartwell 10 mins drive!

LONE STAR: Fire pit, Ping Pong, fun, Lake Hartwell 10 mins drive!

**AUGUST 2017--DUE TO A DROUGHT IN GA, OUR CABIN NO LONGER HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE LAKE. SO GUESTS MUST ACCESS THE LAKE AT THE NEARBY POPLAR SPRINGS BOAT RAMP, OR TUGALOO STATE PARK.**The cabin itself is still cozy and serene with a great fire pit and an away-from-it-all feel.
The nearby Lake Hartwell is perfect for kids big and small, who want to go boating, fishing, swimming, and exploring. There is room in our driveway to park your boat, if you want to bring a boat and trailer it at the end of your day on the lake. The wood cabin with 3 decks and wood stove surrounded by natural vegetation allow you to get back to nature the old fashioned way. Some other favorite activities we enjoy at the cabin are roasting marshmallows by the fire at night, catching fireflies or baby frogs (which come out by the dozens in springtime), or picking blackberries by the road if in season. If you want a break from your kids saying they are bored, then you have found the right place!
This newer vacation home has 4 bedrooms, and 2.5 baths and boasts many deck areas, indoor and outdoor living areas, granite in all bathrooms, fire pit, and lots of games and activities for adults and little ones.
It has a master on main off the kitchen, with a king bed, and adjoining master bath. Upstairs are 3 bedrooms, and one full bath. The upstairs bedrooms are: one queen bdrm, one bunk bed (twin over full) bdrm., and one bdrm. w/futon/TV/playroom. The house itself if fully equipped with wifi and satellite TV so your vacation stay will be as enjoyable as possible. Some of the extras our home offers are: a ping pong table and dart board (bring your own darts) in the unfinished basement; a game and craft armoire; Little Tykes kitchen & toys; an outside living area on the covered porch, where smoking is welcome; as well as a large fire pit for roasting s'mores outside. Bring your movies and books for a relaxing getaway from everyday life.
Eastanolee Creek, around the bend from our cove, is known for some of the best fishing in the Southeast. Within a 5-10 minute drive, you will find 3 boat launches and Tugaloo State Park on Lake Hartwell. Within a 20 minute drive you will find great antiquing, hiking, waterfalls, shops, restaurants and golf.
Dogs are welcome with prior approval and a pet fee.
Keywords: Cabin

Overview

Details

house

1,500
sq. ft.

Sleeps

13

Bedrooms

4

Bathrooms

2

Half Baths

1

Minimum Stay

1 - 4 nights

About the property

House, 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, (Sleeps 9)

**AUGUST 2017--DUE TO A DROUGHT IN GA, OUR CABIN NO LONGER HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE LAKE. SO GUESTS MUST ACCESS THE LAKE AT THE NEARBY POPLAR SPRINGS BOAT RAMP, OR TUGALOO STATE PARK.**The cabin itself is still cozy and serene with a great fire pit and an away-from-it-all feel.

The nearby Lake Hartwell is perfect for kids big and small, who want to go boating, fishing, swimming, and exploring. There is room in our driveway to park your boat, if you want to bring a boat and trailer it at the end of your day on the lake. The wood cabin with 3 decks and wood stove surrounded by natural vegetation allow you to get back to nature the old fashioned way. Some other favorite activities we enjoy at the cabin are roasting marshmallows by the fire at night, catching fireflies or baby frogs (which come out by the dozens in springtime), or picking blackberries by the road if in season. If you want a break from your kids saying they are bored, then you have found the right place!

This newer vacation home has 4 bedrooms, and 2.5 baths and boasts many deck areas, indoor and outdoor living areas, granite in all bathrooms, fire pit, and lots of games and activities for adults and little ones.

It has a master on main off the kitchen, with a king bed, and adjoining master bath. Upstairs are 3 bedrooms, and one full bath. The upstairs bedrooms are: one queen bdrm, one bunk bed (twin over full) bdrm., and one bdrm. w/futon/TV/playroom. The house itself if fully equipped with wifi and satellite TV so your vacation stay will be as enjoyable as possible. Some of the extras our home offers are: a ping pong table and dart board (bring your own darts) in the unfinished basement; a game and craft armoire; Little Tykes kitchen & toys; an outside living area on the covered porch, where smoking is welcome; as well as a large fire pit for roasting s'mores outside. Bring your movies and books for a relaxing getaway from everyday life.

Eastanolee Creek, around the bend from our cove, is known for some of the best fishing in the Southeast. Within a 5-10 minute drive, you will find 3 boat launches and Tugaloo State Park on Lake Hartwell. Within a 20 minute drive you will find great antiquing, hiking, waterfalls, shops, restaurants and golf.

About Megan Atherton

Megan Atherton is the property manager at Lone Star.

Megan Atherton purchased this house in 2005

Why Megan Atherton chose Hartwell Lake

Martin, GA is just far enough away, that one can drive it easily in under 2 hrs. from Atlanta, but feel like you are really getting away from the city. The house gives people the mountain feel, with the bonus of a nearby lake to enjoy.

What makes this house unique

Fall is a fun time to spend at the cabin with cooler weather, bonfires, and the leaves changing colors. Access to Lake Hartwell can be through Tugaloo State Park about 10 mins away, or Poplar Springs boat launch. There is room to trailer a boat in our driveway.

Guestbook comments from the owner

Hi Megan,

We LOVED your cabin! The location was absolutely perfect for my 30th birthday weekend-getaway. The back porch was great for drinking coffee and catching up with friends and family. The firepit was just what I was looking for - some warmth on a chilly October night, and a great setting for playing some guitar and singing songs. We played a few good games of ping pong, and had an absolute blast taking the pedal boat out on the water. I don't think we could stop laughing on that pedal boat :) THANK YOU SO MUCH!

We are located on the upper quiet end of the Eastanolee Creek, which feeds into Lake Hartwell. Within a short 5-8 minutes drive, you will find 3 separate public access and boat launch areas on Lake Hartwell--Poplar Springs, Holcolm Access, and Bruce Creek. Harbor Light Marina is nearby if you would like to rent a boat for the day. Tugaloo State Park is also within a 10 minute drive of the house, and it has sandy beaches, picnic areas, and swimming areas. Sometimes the water level drops very low, to where you may not be able to get a boat to our dock. Lake Hartwell is not a constant level lake and we cannot guarantee that our dock will have water under it at all times. There have been times that we have little or no water under our dock. Please verify water levels on the Lake Harwell website, if water depth is critical to your vacation, you may want to consider another cabin. Even without water, the cabin is still a quiet, tranquil place to relax.

Perfect for what we needed, minus the water

We has a small group of friends wanting to get out of town for the weekend. The house was very clean and cozy. Plenty of space and plenty of comfortable areas for our group to spend time together and eat. We very much enjoyed our stay. The only expectation we had that did not come true was actually getting to be on the water. There was no water and had not been water at this location for quite some time it appears. That is certainly not the owners fault. We really did enjoy our stay. If there is water here in the future, we could imagine returning. Thanks to the owners for great communication about the place and the security deposit return. You have a nice home here.

Good stay

This cabin is so cute and I love the back porch. My only complaint was it was not cleaned when we arrived. The shower had globs of hair in it, there were smudges on the fridg, and the big back porch was filthy and had not been touched by cleaning staff. So, I spent quite a bit of time doing the cleaning lady's job, while she got the cleaning fee. We were allowed to checkout late, and that was much appreciated.

PROPERTY NOT MAINTAINED/NOT AS ADVERTISED

Property has not been very well kept as the current pictures show. The "well stocked" kitchen is not very well stocked as the pots and pans are very weathered from abuse and need replacing. The housekeeping was terrible! My wife and I had to take a whole day of our vacation to clean old food out of the refrigerator and clean it. The cabinets had old, opened foods that had to be separated from our foods we brought. The bed sheets did not look as if they had been washed. There were clumps of hair on them upon inspection.The outside "screened Porch" is not screened and the shades were not operable. Bore bees and wasps were taking over the porch area. The grills were inoperable, dirty, and weren't kept covered. I had to take time to fix one of the grills in order to attempt to salvage our stay with an operable grill. The overall area on the grounds has much poison ivy and needs to be sprayed asap! Even the smoker next to the firepit has poison ivy growing up the side of it! This house is not very well maintained by the owners. We left early and when unpacking at home, noticed roaches in our bags! We called to get reimbursements on the property which helped, but I still can't believe I spent this amount of money for a busted vacation!! Never again at this property!!!

Submitted: May 14, 2017

Stayed: May 2017

Source: VRBO, from HomeAway

Owner's Response: Wow John! Thank you for the rudest review ever! Interesting that I have 2 lovely reviews at the end of April, but you claim my house went off the rails 14 days later.
My home does not have a screened porch, nor do I advertise it as such. It has a covered front porch and covered back porch, but no screens. It is a challenge to keep carpenter bees off porches during carpenter bee season, but we do try. As we discussed when you called to complain about the fridge, pans (and spatula), my home has a complete set of Calphalon professional grade aluminum pans that any chef would be happy to cook on. My housekeeper did forget to clean out the few things left behind in the fridge from the previous weekend's guests, prior to your arrival, but she is adamant that she cleaned the sheets and the whole house prior to your arrival. I have used her for more than a year and not changing the sheets/not cleaning would be very uncharacteristic of her. She now sends me thorough photos of each room after each make ready to have no room for dispute.
I sincerely apologized that you were so dissatisfied the day after check in, & thus, you were given a choice to leave for a full refund. I also told you that if you stayed, I would refund your cleaning fee for the inconvenience, and that I would reimburse you for any items that you felt you needed to make your stay more comfortable like new spatula, a few new pans, etc. You guys then decided to stay if I also refunded one night. You chose to stay, & got your refund, and now I'm not sure why you did if everything was so very bad. We treat the house regularly with pest control and you are the first to complain of roaches. I, myself, certainly would not have chosen to stay in a place that was so overrun with roaches, that they poured out of my bag when I got home.

Map

Nearest Airport

90
Miles

Atlanta

Car: necessary

Martin, Hartwell Lake, Northeast Mountains, Georgia, USA (1.5 Hrs. from Atlanta; 3 Hrs. to Charlotte & Asheville, NC) -- Lone Star Cabin is located at the end of a private gravel street on the upper end of the Eastanolee Creek which feeds into Lake Hartwell in North Georgia. The Eastanolee Creek is known for some of the best fishing in the Southeast. Within a 15 minute drive you will find great antiquing, hiking, waterfalls and golf.

Additional information about rental rates

Tax is charged on all rates, pet fees, clean fees, & extra person fees. Groups >8 require an extra $50 added to the cleaning fee and may require additional damage deposit. There is an extra charge per extra guest above 8 guests. Minimum age to rent is 25 years old.

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